Susan Sparks, LPC-86834, is a licensed professional counselor who brings a holistic, trauma-informed lens to therapy, grounded in the healing power of the therapeutic relationship. She believes therapy is most effective when it feels safe, compassionate, and collaborative—a space where trust and attunement allow new patterns of connection, insight, and self-understanding to emerge.
Susan works collaboratively with clients to explore how early relational experiences shape present-day challenges, supporting healing at both emotional and physiological levels. Her approach integrates interpersonal psychology, somatic experiencing, mindfulness, EMDR, and ecopsychology, offering a comprehensive mind-body framework for growth and restoration. She helps clients reconnect with their bodies as sources of wisdom and resilience, while also honoring the grounding and restorative role of nature in the healing process.
Susan works with adults and adolescents navigating anxiety, depression, trauma and complex trauma, ADHD, grief, stress, life transitions, relationship concerns, and family dynamics, including parenting and co-parenting challenges. She brings a grounded, relational presence to her work, creating a therapeutic space where clients feel seen, supported, and empowered to live with greater authenticity and wholeness.
In addition to her counseling practice, Susan is a 200-hour certified yoga instructor through the Mount Madonna Institute in California. Her yoga training enriches her clinical work by supporting nervous system regulation, embodied awareness, and self-compassion, further bridging the mind-body connection.
Susan earned her Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in Kinesiology and Psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington and her Master of Science in Counseling and Development from Texas Woman’s University. She also serves as an adjunct professor and as the Director of Calm Convos at Texas Christian University, where she is passionate about fostering mental health awareness, meaningful dialogue, and community connection.
